![]() ![]() More issues persist when we start to look at the line-up representation of people of colour, minority genders and the queer community in the London festival landscape. ‘We will continue working on our curation, as well as doing projects with cause-led groups such as Peckham Platform and Don’t Be a Creep, in order to make GALA a better and more inclusive space.’ ![]() ‘There is still a long way to go,’ a GALA spokesperson said to Time Out. “More issues persist when we start to look at the line-up representation of people of colour, minority genders and the queer community.” The festival itself has grown from one day five years ago to a three-day blowout, with artists like Kokoroko, Nia Archives, and Goldie taking to the stage. We’re talking Phoebe Bridgers, Rina Sawayama, Self Esteem, Chic, and the queen herself: Adele.ĭance music festival GALA’s line-up featured around 35 percent female acts this year, as well as 10 percent mixed-gender acts, record labels or collectives. Concurrent with that policy, we’re also running mentorship schemes for female-identifying producers.’įrom our research, we found that BST Hyde Park’s 2022 line-up featured the lowest percentage of male-identifying acts – with around 41 percent female acts and around 13 percent acts made up of mixed genders. ‘We’ve made a commitment to an increased annual percentage of women on our flagship festivals and, so far, we’ve delivered on that objective. ‘There are, and have always been, many women making music, however women have been significantly underrepresented when it came to the performance of that music. ‘Increasing diversity in line-ups is vital to ensure that the plurality of voices involved in the creation of music is carried over to the performance or presentation of music,’ says a spokesperson for drum ’n’ bass festival Hospitality Weekend in the Woods. Especially when you remember that in 2018 Keychain was set up – the PRS Foundation’s initiative for festivals to feature 50 percent women and gender minorities in their line-ups by 2022. Sure, it’s better than it was five years ago, but with male solo artists or all-male groups continuing to make up the majority of line-ups, it’s still not great. “In 2022, male-identifying acts made up an average of around 64 percent of these festival line-ups.” There were no non-binary artists recorded in this sample. The number of female-identifying acts increased by 19 percent to an average of about 28 percent of the line-ups. ![]() This year, in 2022, the number of male-identifying acts had decreased by 19 percent to an average of around 64 percent of the line-ups. In 2017, the year when Justin Bieber headlined BST Hyde Park and ‘Despacito’ was the song of the summer, this group of London festivals had an average of around 83 percent male-identifying acts on their line-ups. They had a tiny average of about 9 percent female-identifying acts, while the remaining acts consisted of mixed groups, record labels or collectives. Then, we analysed their 20 line-ups, to see what has improved (or not) in terms of gender diversity in the last five years. We took a sample of seven major London music festivals: GALA, BST Hyde Park, Wireless, Eastern Electrics, Hampton Court Palace, Hospitality Weekend in the Woods, and Community festival. And every year, festivals say they’ll do better. Every year, photoshopped images of festival line-ups removing the names of male acts go viral on social media. ![]() Every year, the same crew of white male artists (most of who peaked in the 2000s, let’s be real) seem to rotate as headliners. We all know that the music industry has a lot of work to do when it comes to festival line-ups. But who’s playing? Is it a group of similar-looking white men? Probably, yes. Crowded by the main stage with all your closest mates, sun beating down on your face. Nothing better, is there? No responsibilities. Research by Time Out shows that many festival line-ups still average just 28 percent female-identifying acts.Īh, good old festival season. Time Out Exclusive: How London music festivals have *really* improved their representation of women. ![]()
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